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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 4, 29 September 1933, Page 4

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Facts About Old Furniture .

(1) What is the difference between a “lowboy” and a "tallboy”? A "lowboy” is a table with drawers, of Queen Anne date, with a chest of drawers mounted on top. A “tallboy” has one chest of drawers mounted, on top of another. (2) What was Chippendale's "Gentleman’s Director”?

A book of furniture designs first published by Thomas Chippendale in 175-1. (3) What is a “mule” chest? A seventeenth century chest with drawers iu the lower part of it, so called because it is a cross between a chest proper and a chest of drawers. (4) What is “iutasia” work? Furniture of ebony or walnut inlaid with ivory. Much done in Italy towards the end of the thirteenth century. (5) What is the piece of furniture, known as a Davenport? A small writing desk, usually with a sloping leather-covered top and drawers at the sides. (0) What is a Pembroke table? A small table with drop end leaves. (7) What is a cricket table? A snnall table with three outwardsloping legs and au under-shelf. (8) What is “Bossi-work?” Marble table tops, fireplaces, etc., inlaid with coloured composition; so named after one Bossi, an Italian, who worked in Dublin in the eighteenth century. , . . (9) In whose reign was the draw-out end leaf dining table first used? Elizabeth's. (10) What is a “cassone”?

A heavily carved large Italian chest, usually of chestnut or walnut.